Expanding Ethics in Engineering Education

拓展工程教育中的道德规范

• 批准号: 2235794
• 负责人: Jade Mitchell
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-15 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2235794&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Expanding; Ethics; Engineering; Education

This project aims to serve the national interest by improving curricula in undergraduate engineering education. This Level 1 project in the Engaged Student Learning track will expand on the ethics education of engineers, moving from traditional foci on Research and Disciplinary Ethics to a broader view of ethics as vital to Well-Being and the Environment. This ethical expansion stems from a real need to incorporate ethical principles emerging from both industry and marginalized communities in engineer training. This project specifically focuses on Tribal and industry perspectives. Native Americans are particularly underrepresented in engineering and provide an important perspective for global industries impacting Indigenous communities. Industry employs the majority of engineers and have also recently begun to consider the importance of environment, society, and governance in engineering efforts and investments. The goal of this project is to increase the number of scientists and engineers who are exposed to Indigenous and industry ethics and who value the inclusion of stakeholder voices in the decision-making process. This project will engage many communities in understanding and building curriculum for undergraduate engineering ethics beyond the fundamentals explicitly required by engineering accreditation. It is anticipated as a result of this project that engineer decision-making informed by industry and Tribal ethical principles will produce the most ethical outcomes for impacted communities as well as sustainable industry. This project, grounded in Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approaches, will develop an ethics curriculum for engineers focused on industry and Tribal contexts and provide connections across those differing perspectives. This work focuses on experiences of people in industry, government, and Tribes in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In collaboration with engineers, frontline workers, permitters, and Tribal communities, the project team will: a) co-develop a case study curriculum for engineers focusing on Indigenous and industry ethics; and b) implement and evaluate curriculum efficacy in undergraduate engineering and a university certificate. Finally, the project team plans to implement and investigate ethical training in an undergraduate engineering curriculum and certificate for engineering students. To guide the authenticity of the project, the inclusion of a participatory evaluator working within an Indigenous evaluation framework is essential to the integrity of the project. The NSF IUSE: EDU Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在通过改进本科工程教育课程来服务于国家利益。这个1级项目将扩大工程师的道德教育，从传统的研究和学科道德的焦点转向更广泛的道德观，对福祉和环境至关重要。这种道德扩展源于真实的需要，将工业和边缘化社区的道德原则纳入工程师培训。该项目特别侧重于部落和行业的观点。美国原住民在工程领域的代表性尤其不足，为影响原住民社区的全球产业提供了重要的视角。工业雇用了大多数工程师，最近也开始考虑环境，社会和治理在工程工作和投资中的重要性。该项目的目标是增加接触土著和行业道德的科学家和工程师的数量，他们重视在决策过程中纳入利益相关者的声音。该项目将使许多社区了解和建立本科工程伦理课程，超越工程认证明确要求的基本原则。预计该项目的结果是，根据行业和部落道德原则进行的工程决策将为受影响的社区和可持续行业产生最符合道德的结果。该项目以基于社区的启发性研究（CBPR）方法为基础，将为专注于行业和部落背景的工程师开发道德课程，并提供这些不同观点的联系。这项工作的重点是在密歇根州上半岛的工业，政府和部落的人的经验。与工程师，一线工人，农民和部落社区合作，项目团队将：a）共同开发一个案例研究课程的工程师，重点是土著和行业道德;和B）实施和评估本科工程和大学证书课程的有效性。最后，项目小组计划在本科工程课程和工程专业学生证书中实施和调查道德培训。为了指导项目的真实性，在土著评估框架内纳入一名参与性评估员对项目的完整性至关重要。NSF IUSE：EDU计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。